Rants on Cycling and on Life:
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12.26.2006

post work over spin

the morning walk with the dog often dictates the clothing for the daythat morning walk is in the woods which can also dictate my ride for that day

the walk was shortjust the standard 15-20 minutes in the parkmore than enough time to finish that last cup of coffee

when I suited up for the short ride into work I considered wearing work gear and riding the old Rocky Mountain Blizzard which is currently outfitted with flat pedalsbut the misty muggy morning dictated the use of gortexthe warmth of the morning has me wear a short sleeve shirt, a very light jacket, shorts under the gortex pants, and three quarter finger fingerless glovesthat little gear had me sweating within the waterproofing by the time I arrived at work

got out of work earlycould not waste the day lightso I decided to go for a ride around townthe karate monkey single is fun to noodle around onbut no fun to try and race traffic onno issue with the bikejust that this bike is geared for dirtwhich requires a much easier gear that the paved streets

rode around for a bit until the mist turned to rainthe gloves did not feel sufficientstarted to feel as I had misjudged the daythe day started to feel like washington in decemberit was wetit was coldthe sky was bleakand it was getting dark early

so I spun the monkey towards home

got home to a house of smileseveryone was having a good day out of school and home from workthe christmas presents were still fresh and the morning was spent at the movie theater

lisa walked the dogs and ran an errand while I watched the boysthere was still some active interest in the various christmas toysthen a few young neighbors came overeveryone was playing downstairsthen there was a sneaky migration up the stairsit was the Mario gameI gave them some space and listened for complaintsthen poked my head in to make sure everyone was getting a turneveryone was sharing nicelyI watched for a second then I joined inthen had to pull myself awayhanded back the controls and got the two younger boys in on some funky alien weirdo mr. potato without the potato sort of toy

then lisa returned with pizza from vace

present timemore madness has taken placethe boys are all ampednot wanting to got bed

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